[T]he reformers are vulnerable. They are vulnerable to public exposure because the fact is that their harmful ideas have no public support once the public understands what they are up to. There is no public support for handing taxpayer dollars over to corporate interests and calling it “reform.”

The public loves its community schools and doesn’t want to see them impoverished by corporate raiders.

I am by no means anti-corporation. But I am against killing public schools just to line corporate pockets. There is a role for corporations to play in public schooling. But there needs to be appropriate oversight, checks and balances, and protection of the public interest. Right now that’s not happening near enough…

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She’s not becoming more vocal. She’s just raising her voice a notch, hoping to get everyone’s attention before it’s too late. I don’t want to read or write a post about what’s happenning in the muti-billion dollar educational market entitled,”While You Were Asleep”.